... As a technical demonstration project for the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), we have implemented remote observing on the 10-meter Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea from the Caltech campus in Pasadena. The data connection consists of ATM networks in Hawaii and California, running at OC-1 speeds (45 Mbit/sec), and high data rate (HDR) satellite antennae at JPL in Pasadena and Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. ... These networks were connected via NASA's ACTS satellite. ...

... Remote Observing with the Keck Telescope: ATM Networks and Satellite Systems P.L.Shopbell, J.G.Cohen, and L. Bergman 1 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. ... As a technical demonstration project for the NASA Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), we have implemented re­ mote observing on the 10­meter Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea from the Caltech campus in Pasadena. ... The ACTS network is being used to enable true remote observing, as well as remote eavesdropping. ...

IRAF/STECF 2-D spectrum point source / background decomposition package . ... The general problem is one of spectral decomposition - of separating the spectra of the point sources from the background. ... The STECF IRAF layered package "specres" provides two tasks to extract point source spectra from 2-D images (either longslit, multislit or cross-dispersed) and decompose the full background over the image. ... A Point Source Function spectrum image is required as a 2-D spectrum. ...